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... is a smaller town so we were the only boat at the mooring. Al and I chose to walk to the Abbey Melk, which took us through a little forest area and then to the city. We were looking for black bears after reading that the black bear hunt was over and "successful" in FL after 2 days??!! What a beautiful city...small, but quaint and not too commercial. A ...

Sailing through the Wachau Valley is very beautiful, as the hillsides rise steeply from the river’s edge and are terraced with vineyards in every direction. The hills are dotted with beautiful, ancient castles and ruins of old fortresses all of which overlook quaint, little towns with majestic churches and homes decorated with brightly colored flowers underneath each window and accenting other portions of the homes and ...

We arrived in Durnstein early in the morning and walked into and through the town with a very informative guide. This is a little community of about 800 carved into a 'dry stone' hillside with lots of vineyards on the steep hills. It was settled hundreds of years ago and had a castle at the apex which has long-since been destroyed by war and weather. One of the most notable things about Durnstein is the fact that King Ric*************-hearted was ...

... br> We continued through the vineyards and villages and soon spotted the Burgruine Dürnstein Ruins silhouetted on top of mountain ahead of us. And soon we could see the town of Dürnstein, with its blue steepled church at the Donau's edge below.

A short steep climb away from the river road landed us in the old town of Dürnstein where a small archway through the Rathaus led us to our pension der Altes Rathaus. We walked ...